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| Born: | February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois |
| Died: | June 5, 2004, in Bel-Air, California |
| Spouse: | Nancy Davis Reagan |
"Our program features two unique film and video collections that bookend President Reagan's career. In his early 30s, Ronald Reagan starred in U.S. Army Air Corps training films, including For God and Country, Jap Zero, and Rear Gunner. And during his presidency, he had an in-house White House TV camera crew following him where broadcast cameras were not allowed. Eavesdrop on history as we take you inside the Reagan White House for never before aired scenes with our nation's 40th president."--Richard Norton Smith Reagan White House Diaries
Ronald Reagan's White House diaries are not currently available to researchers. In 2007, an edited version of the diaries was published by historian Douglas Brinkley. All five volumes of Reagan's diaries are expected to be published in late 2008. The diary entries listed under Featured Documents are courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Library.
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Programs 1 - 12 of 63
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Trip to West Germany—The Reagans Arrive at the Berlin Wall
(7 min. 45 sec.)
Color Sound
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June 1987: In June 1987 President and Mrs. Reagan traveled to Germany where the president gave an address at the Berlin Wall. In his remarks the president spoke about the ideal of freedoms realized throughout the world. He also criticized the lack of freedom of those confined to the eastern block of the city.
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For God & Country—U.S. Army Air Corps Training Film
(42 min. 11 sec.)
B&W Sound
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1943: Ronald Reagan stars as a Roman Catholic priest in this 1943 U.S. Army training film. In the film, Reagan's character trains to be an Army chaplain before serving in the war overseas.
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Rear Gunner—U.S. Army Air Corps Training Film
(20 min. 31 sec.)
B&W Sound
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1943: Ronald Reagan stars as a B-24 pilot in this 1943 U.S. Army training film. Reagan's character discovers a potentially effective tail gunner when he comes across a capable marksman (played by Burgess Meredith).
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1980 Reagan-Bush Debate in Houston, Texas
(58 min. 24 sec.)
Color Sound
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April 1980: With other 1980 GOP presidential candidates poll ratings hovering in single digits, on April 23, 1980, a debate was held in Houston, Texas, between the two forerunners—Governor Ronald Reagan of California and former CIA Director George H. W. Bush.
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President Reagan Meets with Caroline Kennedy and JFK Jr. in Oval Office
(1 min. 18 sec.)
Color Sound
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March 1985: On March 11, 1985, President Reagan was visited in the Oval Office by Caroline Kennedy and John Kennedy Jr. to discuss the future of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, MA. This film captured the initial few minutes of their discussions.
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President Reagan's Trip To Geneva
(5 min. 30 sec.)
Color Sound
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November 1985: In Nov. 1985, President Reagan and Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time in Switzerland. Prior to this meeting, the president had lunch with his advisors where his chief-of-staff Don Regan cautioned not to let on to the media that the president had been "coached."
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Venice Economic Summit—President Reagan on the Grand Canal
(5 min. 42 sec.)
Color Sound
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June 1987: In June 1987 President Reagan traveled to Italy to participate in discussions at the Venice Economic Summit. This film captured the president's arrival and journey up the Grand Canal via motorboat with several accompanying escort vessels.
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State Visit by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of United Kingdom
Color Silent
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In February 1981, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited Washington. On February 27th, the prime minister went to Capitol Hill to discuss the president's economic program with members of Congress. Later that day she participated in a formal state dinner at the White House.
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